ABSTRACT
A n d therefore I shall begin with the favour God did to the Most High Lord En1 Jaime, by the grace of God King of Aragon, who was the son of the Most High Lord King En Pedro, King of Aragon and of the Most High Lady Dona Maria of Montpellier, who was a very virtuous lady, worthy before God and the world, and was of the highest lineage of the world, she and her descendants being issued from the House of the Emperor of Rome.2 And I begin with the said Lord King, En Jaime, because I saw him, I being still very young and the said Lord King being in the town of Peralada, where I was born, and where he lodged in the house of my father, En Juan Muntaner, which was one of the largest houses of that place and stood at the top of the plaza. And I recount these things in order that it should be known that I saw the Lord King and that I can tell what I saw of him and what I had part in, for I do not wish to meddle but with what was done in my time.
